[B-Greek] the function of the article in Phil 2:6
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Jan 3 11:25:39 EST 2006
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 12:08:05 -0200 Octavio Rodriguez <octaviors at gmail.com>
writes:
> Dear Sir :
>
> My question is about the function of the definite article in
> Phil 2:6 :
> TO EINAI ISA QEW.
>
> Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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hOS EN MORFHi QEOU hUPARXWN
OUX hARPAGMON hHGHSATO
TO EINAI ISA QEOU
TO EINAI is an articular infinitive. By means of the article the
infinitive is transformed into a substantive. Thus it becomes one of two
accusatives attached to hHGHSATO. This then is considering X as Y.
george
gfsomsel
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